deviate from
Look at other dictionaries:
deviate from — index differ (vary) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
deviate from the truth — I verb alter one s course, deceive, depart from a norm, digress, diverge, drift, fabricate, fake, go astray, lie, maunder, meander, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, prevaricate, skew, stray, struggle, swerve, take a different course, wander II… … Law dictionary
deviate from a direct course — index detour Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
deviate from rectitude — index trespass Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
deviate from the proper path — index lapse (fall into error) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
deviate from virtue — index lapse (fall into error) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
deviate — [dē′vē āt΄; ] for adj. & n. [, dē vēit] vi. deviated, deviating [< LL deviatus, pp. of deviare, to turn aside < de , from + via, road: see VIA] to turn aside (from a course, direction, standard, doctrine, etc.); diverge; digress vt. to… … English World dictionary
Deviate — De vi*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Deviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deviating}.] [L. deviare to deviate; de + viare to go, travel, via way. See {Viaduct}.] To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deviate — 01. When she was 6 years old, Josie decided to become a doctor, and she never once [deviated] from the pursuit of that goal. 02. The people in my hometown were suspicious of anyone who [deviated] from the norm. 03. The actors were given… … Grammatical examples in English
deviate — deviable, adj. deviability /dee vee euh bil i tee/, n. deviator, n. v. /dee vee ayt /; adj., n. /dee vee it/, v., deviated, deviating, adj., n. v.i. 1. to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc. 2. to depart or swerve, as from a procedure … Universalium
